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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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